2027: Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, 15 others make INEC final presidential candidates’ list (Full List)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of presidential candidates and their running mates for the 16 January 2027 general elections.

The ​‌‌‍​‌‍⁠⁠‌‍⁠‌‍​‍​⁠‌​list, signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, released on Saturday in Abuja, featured candidates sponsored by 18 political parties competing for the office.

The gender distribution of the list showed that, out of the 18 presidential flag bearers, 16 are male (88.9 per cent) and two are female.

NAN also reports that the male contenders on the list include: Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abubakar Atiku of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), and Peter Obi of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC).

Others are: Adewole Adebayo of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Oluseyi Makinde of Allied People’s Movement (APM), Donald Duke of People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Chibuzor Okereke of Labour Party (LP) and Omoyele Sowore of African Action Congress (AAC).

The only two female presidential candidates, who constitute 11.1 per cent of the number, are: Okwori Fredrick of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and Esther Okereke of the National Redemption Party (NRM).

The gender statistics for the vice-presidential candidates also show that 14 running mates are male (77.8 per cent), while only 4 are female (22.2 per cent).

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The female vice-presidential candidates are: Ofordile Egobia (APP), Usaku Abubakar (DLA), Bintu Konto (LP), and Patience Ndidi (YPP).

NAN reports that the commission also released the final list of candidates for the Senate and the House of Representatives.

PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS FOR JAN. 2027 – PRESIDENTIAL

FINAL LIST OF CANDIDATES
Source: INEC

SN	PARTY	STATE	POSITION	NAME OF CANDIDATE	PWD	AGE	GENDER	QUALIFICATION(S)	REMARKS
1	AA	NIGERIA	Presidential	RUFAI ADEKUNLE OMO-AJE	None	71	M	FLSC WAEC
	AA	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	SHEHU HUSSAINI	None	56	M	FSLC G.S.S, Yabo F.C.E Zaria
2	ADP	NIGERIA	Presidential	ABBAS-BIN ALIYU	None	44	M	FSLC SSCE BSC
	ADP	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	IKE CHINAZAM	None	50	M	FSLC SSCE BNG
3	APP	NIGERIA	Presidential	YUSUF KABIRU	None	54	M	FSLC SSCE NATIONAL DIPLOMA
	APP	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	OFORDILE PEACE EGOBIA	None	47	F	SSCE
4	AAC	NIGERIA	Presidential	SOWORE OMOYELE	None	55	M	FSLC WAEC MASTERS DEGREE
	AAC	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	MAGASHI HARUNA GARBA	None	49	M	FSLC WAEC LLB
5	ADC	NIGERIA	Presidential	ABUBAKAR ATIKU	None	79	M	F.S.L.C. WASC MA. (INT. RELATIONS
	ADC	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	AMAECHI CHIBUIKE ROTIMI	None	61	M	FSLC WAEC B.A. ENGLISH STUDIES
6	APC	NIGERIA	Presidential	TINUBU BOLA AHMED	None	74	M	B.Sc
	APC	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	SHETTIMA KASHIM	None	59	M	FSLC GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION B.Sc
7	APM	NIGERIA	Presidential	MAKINDE OLUSEYI ABIODUN	None	58	M	BISHOP PHILIPS ACADEMY IBADAN UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, AKOKA
	APM	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	MUSA LAWAL DAURA	None	73	M	FSLC GCE B.A (HONS) ABU ZARIA
8	BP	NIGERIA	Presidential	ADENUGA SUNDAY	None	52	M	FSLC SSCE Masters
	BP	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	MUSTAPHA USMAN TURAKI	None	40	M	FSLC NABTEB DIPLOMA
9	DLA	NIGERIA	Presidential	ADEBISI MOSES OLUSOJI	None	35	M	FSLC SSCE BSC
	DLA	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	ABUBAKAR NAFISAT USAKU	None	35	F	FSLC SSCE BSC
10	LP	NIGERIA	Presidential	OKEREKE SUNDAY CHIBUZO	None	43	M	FSLC NABTEC Ph.D., MLS (Distinction), MSC (Distinction) & BSC (Hons) (Nig)
	LP	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	KONTO HAJJA BINTU	None	54	F	FSLC WAEC MPH; BSC (Hons) Health Education & Certificate in General Nursing
11	NDP	NIGERIA	Presidential	OKWORI ADA ELIZABETH FREDRICK	None	48	F	FSLC SSCE HND ACCOUNTANCY
	NDP	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	CHUKWUEMEKA UCHENNA ANTHONY	None	48	M	FSLC SSCE L.L.B
12	NRM	NIGERIA	Presidential	OKEREKE NKEM ESTHER	None	43	F	FSLC SSCE Bsc, MSC, Phd
	NRM	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	SULAIMAN NASIR MUHAMMED	None	35	M	FSLC SSCE
13	NDC	NIGERIA	Presidential	OBI PETER GREGORY	None	65	M	ST. AUGUSTINE’S PRIMARY SCHOOL, ANAMBRA, CHRIST THE KING COLLEGE (C.K.C), WASC, UNN, B.A.
	NDC	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	MUSA MOHAMMED RABIU KWANKWASO	None	69	M	FSLC TTC CRAFT TRAINING CERT., OND, HND, PGD, M.SC, PH.D
14	PDP	NIGERIA	Presidential	ONOR SANDY OJANG	None	60	M	FSLC W.A.S.C. PH.D
	PDP	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	UMARU BABANGIDA	None	61	M	FSLC W.A.S.C. DIPLOMA
15	PRP	NIGERIA	Presidential	DUKE DONALD	None	64	M	FSLC WASC LLB
	PRP	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	RABIU KABIRU	None	80	M	FLSC GRADE II B.A
16	SDP	NIGERIA	Presidential	ADEBAYO ADEWOLE EBENEZER	None	54	M	FSLC WASCE LLB
	SDP	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	BUGAJE USMAN MUHAMMED	None	74	M	FSLC SSCE PHD
17	YPP	NIGERIA	Presidential	AGADA PETER ADA	None	54	M	WAEC BSc, & MBA
	YPP	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	KEY PATIENCE NDIDI	None	52	F	WAEC BSc. & MBA
18	ZLP	NIGERIA	Presidential	NWANYANWU DANIEL DABERECHUKWU	None	66	M	FSLC WAEC LLB, LLM
	ZLP	NIGERIA	Vice-Presidential	HASSAN KHALID	None	37	M	FSLC SSCE PGD